Beethoven's hair has been a big ticket item for years, auctioned for thousands — turns out it didn't all belong to him

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A lock of Beethoven's hair in a glass case
One of the locks used by researchers studying Beethoven's DNA through his hair.

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I'm the assistant to the CEO of 23andMe. I do yoga during meetings and answer 400 messages a day — here's what it's like.

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Kristin Quint, left, with her boss, Anne Wojcicki, a cofounder and the CEO of 23andMe.
Kristin Quint, left, with her boss, Anne Wojcicki, a cofounder and the CEO of 23andMe.

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Chernobyl's stray dogs are 'genetically distinct' 40 years after the massive nuclear radiation leak, scientists find

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Chernobyl animals
Stray dogs hang out near an abandoned, partially-completed cooling tower at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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